When I managed to stay away from binging, I also had these urges to over eat/eat compulsively…also not sure how to name it. It was that moment when I ate more than I would like to but not enough to call it binge. It still troubled me and made me unsatisfied. Maybe it’s the same you’re describing?
I never know how to deal with it. To me it feels like fear that I will be hungry once I can’t eat anymore (e.g. after a dinner), so I eat as much and lots of different food for my dinner until I am very full. It doesn’t make me happy but I fear that I will binge if I didn’t eat that much.
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Day 1355 : No binge today. 
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Walking 7/28 Days
Day 81 of low carb breakfast.
I’m eating more than the one icecream bar per day that I typically allow myself, so I need to watch that. Otherwise I’ll need to be adding another counter soon.
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Day 10
No binge eating
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You are doing really well 
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@Sissychris39 congrats on double digits 
49 days no takeaways.
45 days no sugar.
32 days no crisps.
3 days no binge-eating.
So yet again I went to the shop to buy strawberries and mango. I know it’s healthy but why does it have to cost 3x as much as crisps!? 
I’m getting to the point where I’m not craving takeaways, sugar, or crisps, I hope this continues because that sense of peace has returned. 
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Thanks so much!
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Thanks, and congratulations to you too!
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@CATMANCAM Glad to hear you are feeling peaceful 
Fruit is real food. It has to grow from earth, and rain, and sunshine. Someone has to care for it, pick it, cool it, transport it. Crisps are made from waste - literally. Basically all Ultra Processed Foods are made from waste products of some industry. Waste is usually cheap, it does not have to grow, it does not require extra care, a machine can mix and form and produce it, its shelve life is endless compared to real food.
@Jana1988 You are definitely on to something there. I have a long history of food restrictions due to my decades long digestive issues. Now that I can eat like a normal person again, I have to learn that food is there whenever I need it, that I have access to all kinds of really delicious food, and that I will not be sick for days on after a meal. This probably just needs more time. And now with the hunger pangs and cravings I get during perimenopause my survival instinct and food restriction fears get triggered even more. In the end kindness is probably the best tool here 
@Kareness Look at you walking on 1 of 4 days - statistically speaking. That’s a good count 
Sweets tend to creep up on people like that. Especially in times of stress.
@Sissychris39 Congrats on double digits no binges!!! 
281 days no sugar
145 UPF
19 gluten
19 dairy
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I am finding my stomach extremely sensitive to different types of food. How did you healed?
I am trying not to restrict, but the consequence is that time to time (often actually) I must be facing discomfort - in the better case, or pain - in the worse case.
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First thing was to get tested for food intollerances and allergies, especially lactose, fructose, histamine, gluten. If you are intollerant to sth and you keep eating it, your intestines will be inflamed and unhappy all the time, and you will not know what is triggering your symptoms. Now I am most of the time not eating anything I am intollerant to. But I would not know what to avoid without the tests.
Second thing was to find out and educate myself about SIBO. I can very much recommend the book ’ The Microbiome Connection: Your Guide to IBS, SIBO, and Low-Fermentation Eating’ by Mark Pimentel. Pimentel is the current top researcher on IBS and SIBO. I tested positive for SIBO and did the suggested antibiotic treatment.
Not eating foods I am intollerant to and ongoing medication keeps me symptom free.
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Day 11
No binge eating
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Day 1356 : No binge today.
Congrats on almost 2 weeks no binging, @Sissychris39!
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Thanks so much, and congrats to you as well!
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Thank you so much as well!
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Yesterday I had such strong cravings for sugar in the evening. I had 4 biscuits and later my boyfriend went to grab an yoghurt and I asked him to bring me one too and as he stood up to go to the fridge I changed myind. I knew it’s Ed and didn’t want to eat late at the night. I wasn’t hungry, more the opposite because I had a big filling dinner. I blame the habit of eating in front of the telly. I stopped doing it since I stopped binging, because I know it’s one of my biggest triggers.
5 days no binge (just about…)
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@Sissychris39 thank you
@acromouse that makes sense, thanks
51 days no takeaways.
47 days no sugar.
33 days no crisps.
4 days no binge-eating.
Somewhere along the line I got my numbers wrong, these are the correct ones.
I ate strawberries again, I think I have a new addiction.
The biggest and best news is…I went to the gym and swimming yesterday! It was a very terrifying experience and it’s going to be hard to keep going back, but I want to. I plan to use my next day pass tomorrow (I have therapy today), and then rejoin on my way out.
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282 days no sugar
146 UPF
20 gluten
20 dairy
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Well done! I really think focusing on what you are doing right (not what you are not doing wrong) is best!
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Yeahj friend… So happy to read that 
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